Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 28: As State Information Commission (SIC) continues to be defunct which has directly hampered the use of Right to Information Act (RTI), the activists across the State particularly J&K RTI Movement has urged upon the Government to re-constitute the Information Commission without any delay.
In a statement issued here, RTI Movement has urged upon the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to fulfill her promise vis-à-vis strengthening RTI Act. RTI Movement has said that CM and her PDP party made lot of promises with the people of Jammu and Kashmir during 2014 assembly elections through its vision document. PDP had promised of strengthening State Information Commission (SIC) which has been constituted under the provisions of J&K RTI Act 2009. But the party which is in Government has failed not only to fulfill its promise of strengthening Information Commission, but as on date the said commission does not even exist at all.
“We urge upon CM to call a meeting of all the stake holders and start the process of appointing CIC and other two commissioners. We hope non bureaucrats should also be given a chance to prove their mettle at SIC. If the commission is not constituted, people will be deprived of their fundamental right and Government would be responsible for this”, said Dr Mushtaq Khan a senior member of RTI Movement.
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